Giant Masks from the Congo at the Belvue Museum

On view until September 2 at the BELvue Museum in Brussels is Giant Masks from the Congo – A Belgian Jesuit ethnographic heritage, a collaborative exhibition courtesy of the Royal Museum of Central Africa, the Belgian Society of Jesus, BELvue Museum, and the King Baudouin Foundation. The installation will display a series of “giant” Yaka and Suku masks used during initiation rituals. Objects from the Heverlee missionary collections are complemented by masks and statues from the collections of Tervuren. 

For more information, visit the exhibition's official website.

Images courtesy of the BELvue Museum

Tribal Art Sale at Lempertz

Lempertz will present a sale of fine tribal art and artifacts in Brussels on June 12. Highlighting a wide variety of figural sculpture from central and western Africa, the lots will also include a selection of carvings from Papua New Guinea.

For more information, view the online catalogue.

Yoruba bell  -  Nigeria

Punu mask  -  Gabon

Bambara mask  -  Mali

Suku mask  -  D.R. Congo

Nuna or Bwa mask  -  Burkina Faso

Nuna mask  -  Burkina Faso

Images courtesy of Lempertz